Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . ern China. At the presenttime the provinces of Hunan, Fuh-kien, Kwangtung and Ganhwuyproduce the best varieties. Fromthem we get our Souchong, Flow-ery Pekoe, Oolong, Orange Pekoeand green teas; and it is in those provincesthat the competition of the teas of India andCeylon is most severely felt. No doubt the farmers have themselvesprincipally to blame in this matter. Thelong mono
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . ern China. At the presenttime the provinces of Hunan, Fuh-kien, Kwangtung and Ganhwuyproduce the best varieties. Fromthem we get our Souchong, Flow-ery Pekoe, Oolong, Orange Pekoeand green teas; and it is in those provincesthat the competition of the teas of India andCeylon is most severely felt. No doubt the farmers have themselvesprincipally to blame in this matter. Thelong monopoly which they enjoyed temptedthem to palm off on their customers teas ofan inferior kind. Trees which had longpassed the normal period of bearing wererobbed of their leaves to fill the chests sent to London and Paris; pruning was neg-lected, and weeds were left to grow inevitable nemesis followed, and now,when too late, the farmers are becomingconscious of the folly of their neglect. In ordinary times great care is taken inselecting the seed, and when after carefultending the seedlings have reached a heightof four or five inches, they are planted out!in the plantations in rows, two or three feet j. A CHINESE MERCHANT OF CANTON. apart. For two years the plant is allowedto grow untouched, and it is only at the endof the third year that it is called upon toyield its first crop of leaves. After this theplant is subjected to three harvests: namely,in the third, fifth and eighth months. The leaves when plucked are first dried inthe sun, and the remaining moisture is thenextracted from them by the action of nude-footed men and women, who trample on 286 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. them, as Spanish peasants tread out the juiceof the vine. They are then allowed to heatfor some hours, and after having been rolledin the hand, are spread out in the sun, or, ifthe weather be cloudy, are slowly baked overcharcoal fires. Among the wealthier natives the infusionis not generally made as
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